Sulu marijuana farm destroyed

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Authorities destroyed a marijuana plantation in Maimbung town in Sulu, officials said on Thursday. Marine Capt. Maria Rowena Muyuela, a spokesperson for the Western Mindanao Command, said security forces raided the marijuana field on Wednesday after civilians reported the presence of illegal plantation in Sitio Kabugan in the village of Patao. She said 130 pieces of fully-grown marijuana plants with an estimated value of P500,000 were uprooted by security forces and handed to the local police as evidence.